Patents by Inventor Akihiro Minami

Akihiro Minami has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11486800
    Abstract: A sample dispersing device contains a container inside of which a dispersal chamber where a power sample is dispersed is formed, and an introducing mechanism that introduces a gas containing the powder sample from the outside of the container into the dispersal chamber based on a pressure difference between the inside and the outside of the container. The introducing mechanism contains an introduction pipe where the gas containing the powder sample flows, and several restrictors arranged in the introduction pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HORIBA, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Nagura, Kazuma Aoyagi, Akihiro Minami, Hiroshi Tateno, Tomoya Shimizu, Kusuo Ueno
  • Publication number: 20210088423
    Abstract: A sample dispersing device contains a container inside of which a dispersal chamber where a power sample is dispersed is formed, and an introducing mechanism that introduces a gas containing the powder sample from the outside of the container into the dispersal chamber based on a pressure difference between the inside and the outside of the container. The introducing mechanism contains an introduction pipe where the gas containing the powder sample flows, and several restrictors arranged in the introduction pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Makoto NAGURA, Kazuma AOYAGI, Akihiro MINAMI, Hiroshi TATENO, Tomoya SHIMIZU, Kusuo UENO
  • Patent number: 9412293
    Abstract: The present invention has a comparing unit that compares each of image signals in a first clock period with a corresponding one of the image signals in a second clock period subsequent to the first clock period, and a cancelling unit that causes each of the image signals in the second clock period to be cancelled in the case where a comparison result from the comparing unit indicates that each of the image signals in the first clock period agrees with the corresponding one of the image signals in the second clock period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro Minami
  • Publication number: 20140320463
    Abstract: The present invention has a comparing unit that compares each of image signals in a first clock period with corresponding one of the image signals in a second clock period subsequent to the first clock period, and a cancelling unit that causes each of the image signals in the second clock period to be cancelled in the case where a comparison result from the comparing unit indicates that each of the image signals in the first clock period agrees with corresponding one of the image signals in the second clock period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro MINAMI
  • Patent number: 8823626
    Abstract: In a plurality of source drivers, a unit start pulse inputted/outputted to/from the source drivers is cascaded between an ante-stage source driver and a post-stage source driver, a horizontal start pulse outputted from a timing controller is inputted to a first-stage source driver, and the duty ratio of a vertical clock is controlled by one of the plurality of cascaded unit start pulses. In a matrix display device, it is thereby possible to provide a timing controller having a simple circuit configuration which needs no counter circuit for generating a vertical clock to be outputted to a gate driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Minami
  • Publication number: 20120113090
    Abstract: In a plurality of source drivers, a unit start pulse inputted/outputted to/from the source drivers is cascaded between an ante-stage source driver and a post-stage source driver, a horizontal start pulse outputted from a timing controller is inputted to a first-stage source driver, and the duty ratio of a vertical clock is controlled by one of the plurality of cascaded unit start pulses. In a matrix display device, it is thereby possible to provide a timing controller having a simple circuit configuration which needs no counter circuit for generating a vertical clock to be outputted to a gate driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro MINAMI
  • Patent number: 7773083
    Abstract: An active matrix display device includes: a plurality of pixels that are disposed in a matrix; a plurality of image signal lines that are disposed to correspond to respective columns of the pixels; a plurality of scanning signal lines that are disposed to correspond to respective rows of the pixels; an image signal line driving unit that supplies image signals for driving the pixels to the image signal lines; and a timing control circuit that transmits an image display control signal to the image signal line driving unit with a predetermined cycle even during a vertical blanking period. The timing control circuit performs a control operation allows the image signal line driving unit to intermit a read operation of image display data during the first period that is defined within the vertical blanking period and that includes at least a second half of the vertical blanking period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Minami
  • Patent number: 7612789
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a timing controller and an image display device which are capable of recognizing the resolution of a display panel with a simple structure. Image signal line driving devices include integrated plural driving circuits which are connected to one another in a cascade manner. Further, the image signal line driving devices are also connected to one another in a cascade manner. A timing controller transmits a horizontal start pulse to the image signal line driving device, then receives the returned horizontal start pulse returned thereto after being circulated through the driving circuits included in the image signal line driving devices and determines the resolution (the number of pixels) in the horizontal direction of the liquid crystal display panel based on the interval between the transmission and the reception of the start pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiro Minami
  • Patent number: 7554534
    Abstract: A noise elimination circuit that eliminates a noise of a display control signal of a matrix display device, includes a rising edge detection circuit unit that detects a rising edge of a signal for eliminating a noise, a counter that performs a count operation during a predefined period of time, an initialization circuit unit that generates an initialization signal of the counter, a count enable circuit unit that generates a count allowance signal of the counter, and an initial state detection circuit unit that detects whether or not the counter is in an initial state. The counter starts the count operation from an initial value in response to a rising edge detection by the rising edge detection circuit unit. The counter is initialized again after the count operation during the predefined period of time is completed. An initial state detection signal by the initial state detection circuit unit becomes a signal from which a noise is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jiro Takaki, Kazuhiro Ishiguchi, Akihiro Minami
  • Publication number: 20070165127
    Abstract: An active matrix display device includes: a plurality of pixels that are disposed in a matrix; a plurality of image signal lines that are disposed to correspond to respective columns of the pixels; a plurality of scanning signal lines that are disposed to correspond to respective rows of the pixels; an image signal line driving unit that supplies image signals for driving the pixels to the image signal lines; and a timing control circuit that transmits an image display control signal to the image signal line driving unit with a predetermined cycle even during a vertical blanking period. The timing control circuit performs a control operation allows the image signal line driving unit to intermit a read operation of image display data during the first period that is defined within the vertical blanking period and that includes at least a second half of the vertical blanking period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro Minami
  • Publication number: 20070030232
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a timing controller and an image display device which are capable of recognizing the resolution of a display panel with a simple structure. Image signal line driving devices include integrated plural driving circuits which are connected to one another in a cascade manner. Further, the image signal line driving devices are also connected to one another in a cascade manner. A timing controller transmits a horizontal start pulse to the image signal line driving device, then receives the returned horizontal start pulse returned thereto after being circulated through the driving circuits included in the image signal line driving devices and determines the resolution (the number of pixels) in the horizontal direction of the liquid crystal display panel based on the interval between the transmission and the reception of the start pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro MINAMI
  • Publication number: 20070018932
    Abstract: A noise elimination circuit that eliminates a noise of a display control signal of a matrix display device, includes a rising edge detection circuit unit that detects a rising edge of a signal for eliminating a noise, a counter that performs a count operation during a predefined period of time, an initialization circuit unit that generates an initialization signal of the counter, a count enable circuit unit that generates a count allowance signal of the counter, and an initial state detection circuit unit that detects whether or not the counter is in an initial state. The counter starts the count operation from an initial value in response to a rising edge detection by the rising edge detection circuit unit. The counter is initialized again after the count operation during the predefined period of time is completed. An initial state detection signal by the initial state detection circuit unit becomes a signal from which a noise is eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jiro Takaki, Kazuhiro Ishiguchi, Akihiro Minami
  • Patent number: 7102607
    Abstract: A liquid crystal driving device that supplies control signals including at least a polarity inversion signal for AC driving to an image signal line driving circuit, the polarity inversion signal includes polarity inversion pulses varied periodically at a prescribed period even in vertical blanking intervals. The last polarity inversion pulses at the last cycles in each of vertical blanking intervals are deleted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Advanced Display
    Inventor: Akihiro Minami
  • Patent number: 7075509
    Abstract: A control circuit can prevent malfunction of a scan line driving circuit even when any inputted signal is not in normal timing relation due to any cause. The control circuit includes: a counter 11 for counting up to a predetermined count number based on a clock inputted; a comparator arranged at the subsequent stage of the counter to determine whether or not the counter is under counting; and a protection circuit arranged at subsequent stage of the comparator 12 for normalizing a start pulse that starts operation of the scan line driving circuit, even when any input signal of a timing controller is abnormal, by outputting a normalized start pulse 19 via AND gate 18 to which a start pulse 13 generated by the timing controller and an output signal 16 of the comparator 12 are inputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Advanced Display Inc.
    Inventor: Akihiro Minami
  • Publication number: 20060132422
    Abstract: In a 2H reverse driving method or the like as a driving method for a liquid crystal display, it is set that a time period from the time when the polarity of a data signal is reversed to the time when a gate selection signal is turned off should be equal to a period while a gate selection signal is in an ON period, and a period from the time when the gate selection signal is turned off to the time when the data signal is changed to a data output corresponding to a pixel selected by the gate selection signal is set equal to or shorter than a period from the time when the gate selection signal is turned off to the time when the polarity of the data signal is reversed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoya Teragaki, Kunifumi Nakanishi, Akihiro Minami
  • Publication number: 20040070580
    Abstract: A control circuit can prevent malfunction of a scan line driving circuit even when any inputted signal is not in normal timing relation due to any cause. The control circuit includes: a counter 11 for counting up to a predetermined count number based on a clock inputted; a comparator arranged at the subsequent stage of the counter to determine whether or not the counter is under counting; and a protection circuit arranged at subsequent stage of the comparator 12 for normalizing a start pulse that starts operation of the scan line driving circuit, even when any input signal of a timing controller is abnormal, by outputting a normalized start pulse 19 via AND gate 18 to which a start pulse 13 generated by the timing controller and an output signal 16 of the comparator 12 are inputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: ADVANCED DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Akihiro Minami
  • Publication number: 20030098838
    Abstract: A liquid crystal driving device that supplies control signals including at least a polarity inversion signal for AC driving to an image signal line driving circuit, the polarity inversion signal includes polarity inversion pulses varied periodically at a prescribed period even in vertical blanking intervals. The last polarity inversion pulses at the last cycles in each of vertical blanking intervals are deleted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventor: Akihiro Minami
  • Patent number: 4621280
    Abstract: The digital chromakey system filters out a color signal from a first digital color-television signal and produces a chromakey signal which is combined with the first digital color-television signal to cancel out the color portion. The chromakey signal is also combined with a second color-television signal so that the second color television signal can be inserted into the first color-television signal whose color portion was cancelled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Nobutaka Shinohara, Akihiro Minami, Shuji Hirakawa